BREAKING: House Majority Whip has been Shot While Playing Baseball in Park

Congressman Brooks: More than 50 Bullets Fired

Multiple news outlets are reporting that shots were fired at a group of Republican congressmen while they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia this morning. Among those shot, according to Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL). was House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA).

Brooks told CNN’s New Day that he heard Scalise “scream” as a semi-automatic gun continued to fire. Brooks said he lied on the ground with “others as the gunfire continued.” He added that there “must have been 50 to 100 shots fired.”

WJLA reports that two Capitol police officers were also shot, and the extent of all injuries is not known at this point.

CNN’s Rebecca Berg reports that the congressmen may have been targeted because of their party affiliation:

The man was wearing running clothes, asked Duncan: "Are those Republicans or Democrats out there practicing?" Per source familiar.

Ed Hanratty is a Reverb Press contributor and freelance political journalist. A lifelong New Jerseyan, he prides himself on having just enough Garden State sarcasm and skepticism to keep his bleeding heart in check. Keep up with Ed’s work and random ramblings on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the links below…but not Snapchat — that’s where he’s decided to draw the social media line. (For Now)

Ed Hanratty is a Reverb Press contributor and freelance political journalist. A lifelong New Jerseyan, he prides himself on having just enough Garden State sarcasm and skepticism to keep his bleeding heart in check. Keep up with Ed’s work and random ramblings on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the links below…but not Snapchat — that’s where he’s decided to draw the social media line. (For Now)